Saks Insider Buys $4.9 Million Worth

Which insiders are selling and buying chunks of stocks?

Below are lists of the top 10 open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday as ranked by dollar value. Company executives and directors are in the best position to assess the attractiveness of their firms' shares, and here is how many of them are voting their wallets!

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Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Bought Dollar Value Transmeta (TMTA) Riley Bryant R DIR 309,788 $5,343,864 Saks (SKS) Inmobiliaria Carso S A De C V BO 1,500,000 $4,958,645 Unit (UNT) George Kaiser Family Foundation BO 206,200 $4,772,948 Exco Resources (XCO) Ares Corporate Opp Fd DIR 1,000,000 $4,762,400 CNX Gas (CXG) Consol Energy Inc BO 136,100 $3,645,501 Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Still George J Jr DIR,BO 581,000 $3,582,514 International Coal Group (ICO) Fairfax Financial Holdings BO 1,800,000 $2,907,640 Atlas America (ATLS) Cobalt Capital Management BO 226,372 $2,784,018 Marvel Entertainment (MVL) Maisel David CEO,VP 100,000 $2,439,000 Consolidated Graphics Tx (CGX) Davis Joe R CB,CEO, DIR,BO 221,800 $2,401,904

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value SBA Comms (SBAC) Stoops Jeffrey CEO,DIR 625,000 $7,133,488 Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Silver R Philip DIR,BO 109,770 $4,645,545 Luminex (LMNX) Loewenbaum G Walter II DIR 88,900 $1,825,718 Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Foust Michael F CEO,DIR 75,000 $1,742,250 Linn Energy Llc (LINE) Linn Michael C CB,CEO, DIR 101,278 $1,292,307 American Public Education (APEI) Camden Partners Strategic Mgr DIR 33,525 $1,242,637 Inverness Medical (IMA) Khederian Robert P DIR 84,600 $1,219,060 Navigant Consulting (NCI) Goodyear William M CB,CEO, DIR 60,000 $948,888 HLTH Corp. (HLTH) Brooke Paul A DIR 100,000 $806,770 Hearst Argyle TV (HTV) Marbut Bob DIR 100,000 $698,592

Key to Titles: A=Assistant, AI=Affiliated Investor, AO=Accounting Officer, BD=Business Development, BO=Beneficial Owner, CAO=Chief Accounting Officer, CB=Chairman, CCO=Chief Compliance Officer, CEO=Chief Executive Officer, CFO=Chief Financial Officer, CIO=Chief Information Officer, CO=Compliance Officer, COO=Chief Operating Officer, CT=Controller, CTO=Chief Technology Officer, DIR=Director, F=Founder, FO=Financial Officer, GC=General Counsel, HR=Human Resources, IO=Information Officer, IR=Investor Relations, LO=Legal Officer, MD=Managing Director, O=Officer, OO=Operating Officer, PR=President, PT=Partner, REL=Relative of an insider, SEC=Secretary, SH=Shareholder, SO=Sales Officer, TO=Technology Officer, TR=Treasurer, TT=Trustee, VCB=Vice Chairman, VP=Vice President, X=Ex Officer or other title displayed.

Source: InsiderInsights.com

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